BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//github.com/ical-org/ical.net//NONSGML ical.net 5.1.4//EN VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:TITLE:  Polarization: The Pathology of Peace The polarization of human communities is perhaps the most readily recognized condition in t he science of politics\; it directly challenges the “first law” of pol itical science: “united we stand\; divided we fall.” As has long been demonstrated\, man’s hubris has led him to believe that\, through the ex ercise of coercive power\, he becomes the master of his fate. As a result\ , war has plagued humanity since long before the inception of modern civil ization. In fact\, “civilization” has served to increase man’s destr uctive “power” to the point where it threatens the very existence of b oth civility and humanity on earth. The science of political behavior has emerged only recently\, enabled by the advent of computation science and i ts application to advances in informational science. Knowledge can\, and w ill\, set us free from the scourge\, or social pathology\, of war.  Knowl edge and understanding make “peace possible.” BIO: Dr. Monty G. Marsh all is a macro-comparative and political behavioral researcher\, theorist\ , analyst\, and consultant specializing in complex societal-systems analyt ics\, examining the critical nexus among societal and systemic conflict\, governance\, and development dynamics with emphasis on the problem of poli tical violence. He has directed the Center for Systemic Peace (systemicpea ce.org) since 1997 which produces data informatics on conflict\, governanc e\, and development for 168 countries in the world: supported data resourc es include the Polity5\, Minorities at Risk\, Major Episodes of Political Violence\, State Fragility\, Coups\, Electoral Boycotts\, and Executive an d Party Structures public datasets. He was a full-time subcontractor and c onsultant providing key data and analytics in support of the global confli ct forecasting efforts of the US Government’s Political Instability Task Force for over twenty years (1998-2020)\; he holds degrees from the Unive rsities of Colorado\, Maryland\, and Iowa (University Fellowship) and has held academic positions at the Universities of South Florida\, Maryland an d George Mason\, In 2010\, he established an independent think tank\, Soci etal-Systems Research Inc. Publications include the book Third World War\, the Peace and Conflict and Global Report serials\, and a two-volume video book: Managing Complexity in Modern Societal-Systems. Recent publications include “Measurement of Political Conflict” (2026)\; “Societal-Syst em Analytics and the Problem of Factionalism in Emerging (and Declining) D emocracies” (2023)\; and “Hybrid Authority Systems and Instability” (2023). DTEND:20260807T013000Z DTSTAMP:20260908T145645Z DTSTART:20260807T003000Z LOCATION:ZOOM SEQUENCE:1 SUMMARY:8/2/26 - DR. MARSHALL - POLARIZATION TO PEACE? UID:b6dbe989-7c7f-431b-be14-b6c5417ee3d8 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

TITLE:  \;Polarization: The Pat hology of Peace

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The polarization of human communities i s perhaps the most readily recognized condition in the science of politics \; it directly challenges the &ldquo\;first law&rdquo\; of political scien ce: &ldquo\;united we stand\; divided we fall.&rdquo\; As has long been de monstrated\, man&rsquo\;s hubris has led him to believe that\, through the exercise of coercive power\, he becomes the master of his fate. As a resu lt\, war has plagued humanity since long before the inception of modern ci vilization. In fact\, &ldquo\;civilization&rdquo\; has served to increase man&rsquo\;s destructive &ldquo\;power&rdquo\; to the point where it threa tens the very existence of both civility and humanity on earth.

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The science of political behavior has emerged only recently\, enabled by t he advent of computation science and its application to advances in inform ational science. Knowledge can\, and will\, set us free from the scourge\, or social pathology\, of war. \; Knowledge and understanding make &ld quo\;peace possible.&rdquo\;

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BIO: \;Dr. Monty G. Marshall is a macro-comparative and political behav ioral researcher\, theorist\, analyst\, and consultant specializing in com plex societal-systems analytics\, examining the critical nexus among socie tal and systemic conflict\, governance\, and development dynamics with emp hasis on the problem of political violence. He has directed the Center for Systemic Peace (systemicpeace.org) since 1997 which produces data informa tics on conflict\, governance\, and development for 168 countries in the w orld: supported data resources include the Polity5\, Minorities at Risk\, Major Episodes of Political Violence\, State Fragility\, Coups\, Electoral Boycotts\, and Executive and Party Structures public datasets. He was a f ull-time subcontractor and consultant providing key data and analytics in support of the global conflict forecasting efforts of the US Government&rs quo\;s Political Instability Task Force for over twenty years (1998-2020)\ ; he holds degrees from the Universities of Colorado\, Maryland\, and Iowa (University Fellowship) and has held academic positions at the Universiti es of South Florida\, Maryland and George Mason\, In 2010\, he established an independent think tank\, Societal-Systems Research Inc. Publications i nclude the book Third World War\, the Peace and Conflict and Global Report serials\, and a two-volume video book: Man aging Complexity in Modern Societal-Systems. Recent publications incl ude &ldquo\;Measurement of Political Conflict&rdquo\; (2026)\; &ldquo\;Soc ietal-System Analytics and the Problem of Factionalism in Emerging (and De clining) Democracies&rdquo\; (2023)\; and &ldquo\;Hybrid Authority Systems and Instability&rdquo\; (2023).

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